Fire-place



(No-ModlJ H. REMBERT.

FIRE PLAQE. No. 279,433. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY REMBERT, OF VILLIS, TEXAS.

FIRE-PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,433, dated June 12, 1883. Application filed December 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY REMBERT, acitizen of the United States, residing at WVillis, in the county of Montgomery and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Places; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention 5 Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 a cross-section taken on line y y of Fig. 2.

. The present invention has relation to that class of-fire-places provided with an air-space around its back, sides, and under its hearth, whereby the air in said space .is heated and used for ventilating a room; and the object of the invention is to simplify the construction of the above-mentioned class of fire-places,

thus enabling them to be manufactured at a greatly reduced cost and set up for use without the necessity of building an arch in the wall of a room to receive the fire-place, thus adapting it for use in the same manner as an ordinary stove placed upon any portion of the floor. These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the fireplace, which is constructed wholly of sheet metal, is composed of the plate A, bent at right angles to form the sides B, said plate and sides being suitably connected to the metal hearth G, which is supported above the floor by legs a. The front plate, D, is also provided with sides E, which form the interior sides of the fire-place, while the plate D forms the back. The sides E are each provided with a flange, 7), running or extending its entire length, and bent in an outward direction for convenient attachment to the edges of the sides B, so that a continuous closed space, 0, is formed between the sides B E and plates A I), thus form ing a hollowback and sides to the fireplace. A top plate, F, is connected to the upper edges of the plates A D and sides B E, and isformed with a flange, (1, extending down in front of the fire-place and fastened thereto. This plate F has a line of perforations, e, on the same vertical plane with the space formed by the plates A D and their sides, to allow the free escape of the air, as it becomes heated in the space 0, into the room, or conducted by pipes or any suitable means to the place desired. In order to more effectually heat the air previous to its escaping through the perforations e, the plate D, at its upper end, is bent out wardly, as shown at It, so that it will increase the heating-surface of the plate, and also 'ren der the back of the fire-place much stronger.

Under the hearth C and'to the same is snitably fastened a plate, G, said plate being formed with Lshaped flanges f around its four sides, so that when it is connected by said flanges to the under side of the hearth a chanr her, 9, will be formed to receive the fresh air from a pipe, 71, communicating with the chamher and extending to some convenient point outside the house or other structure. fresh air passes through the pipe it into the chamber G it is heated by coming in contact with the hearth 0, upon which the fire is built. The air, in its course, passes through the per forations z'into the space 0, formed by the hollow back and sides of the fire-place, from whence it escapes into the room, or is conducted to the place desired through the perforations e in the top plate, F.

The manner of constructing the fire-place by the employment of the metal plates A D, bent to form the sides B E, and connected together and to the hearth C and top plate, F, forms a. very simple, durable, and portable fire-place, with a continuous space at its back and sides, and the peculiar construction of the plate G enables it to be readily attached to the.

hearth C to form the chamber. I

. A fire-place constructed in accordance with my invention insures the radiation of the heat from all sides, as well as at the bottom of the hearth, and is retained and utilized for warming purposes.

It should be noticed that the legs av retain and support the hearth G above the floor, and the fire-place, consisting of the several plates hereinbefore described, is riveted to the hearth, the sides of the plate A having lugs Z for this purpose, the hearth extending some distance beyond the front back, and sides of the fire- As the place, as shown in Fig. 1, thus forming a wide base or support, and the legs a raising the hearth or supporting it above the floor enables the fire-place to be used in any part of a room, the same as an ordinary wood or coal stove, without the necessity of setting it in an arch formed in the wall.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fire-place, the sheet-n1etal plate A, bent to form sides 13-, and provided with lugs Z, in combination with the plate D, bent to form the sides E, and again to form the flanges b, whereby the plates are connected together to inclose an airspace between them, in con nection with the hearth G and the top plate,

F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. a

2. A fire-place formed of sheet metal, consisting of the hearth 0, having perforations i, the plate G, having L-shaped flanges f for connecting it to the hearth, the perforated top plate, F, bent downward at its front edge to form flange d, the plate A, bent to form sides B, and having lugs Z, and the plate D, bent to form sides E and flanges b, said plates being connected together and to the hearth, substan tially as and for the purpose specified.

Z In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY REllIBERT.

Vitnesses:

O. O. 1VIATTHEWS, C. GREEN. 

